Circuit Judge · Fifth Judicial Circuit Court
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873 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Michael Takac across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lake County
v. Once a hearing has been set by duly filed and served “Notice,” a motion, not email, is required to convert an appearance to a method not specified in the Notice. Thus, altering “in-person” to “zoom” or telephone; or conversely, “zoom” to “in-person” cannot be accomplished by email to the Judicial Assistant. A motion must be filed and ruled upon by the Judge. This includes requests to “specially” accommodate individuals (e.g., an attorney, party, or witness.) as such special requests are not favored and are discouraged.
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From Judge Michael Takac's own profile page on the circuit's county judiciary index, verified 2026-07-25.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 5th's own county judiciary pages render name-only rosters, and a search of the site's WordPress media library found no portrait record titled with this judge's name. No published portrait found — recorded, not guessed.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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5 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 873 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 38 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (August 11, 2008–August 7, 2026) that name this judge as the lower-tribunal judge — the courts’ own disposition labels, counted verbatim. This is a census of the appellate record we hold, not a complete case history, an affirmance rate, or a performance rating.
Florida appellate and Supreme Court opinions naming this judge as the lower-tribunal judge, taken verbatim from each court’s official slip opinion (source-hashed). Descriptive record, not a rating.
D.C., MOTHER OF K.C. AND N.C., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILES
last checked September 3, 2026
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Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
A.H., Mother of E.D.H., a Child v. Doris Esther Taylor and Derrick Russell Taylor, Adoptive Parents
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anna Puett v. Blush by Brandee Gaar, LLC, and Florida Oranges, LLC d/b/a Howey Mansion, LLC d/b/a The Howey Mansion
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Richard Bazinet v. Christina Pinkerton
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Florida Insurance Guaranty Association v. Jean Laird, Jenae Henderson, Colette Chambers, and James Andrews
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Howey Mansion, LLC d/b/a Florida Oranges, LLC d/b/a The Howey Mansion, LLC v. Anna Puett and Blush by Brandee Gaar, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Constantine Alexiou v. Mildred Cruz Martinez
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kristian Jones v. Brandon Jones
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
P.G., FATHER OF S.S.G. AND W.W.G., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JONATHON OBERMARK VS CHRISTINE OBERMARK
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Ekaterina Bathon v. Marc Bathon
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES S. HOLCOMB VS ISABELLE H. HOLCOMB
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
A.D., MOTHER OF N.D., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Anna Puett v. Florida Oranges, LLC d/b/a Howey Mansion, LLC d/b/a The Howey Mansion, and Blush by Brandee Gaar, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
CONNIE ADER vs HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.M., MOTHER OF J.M.M., W.R.A., O.A.L., Z.W.N.G., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STEPHANIE MARRERO AND CITY OF GROVELAND VS MARINA DEL REY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., AND SENTRY MANAGEMENT, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sheila J. O'Brien v. Cherly Anne Mullen
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Andrew Cuadrado v. City of Mount Dora, Florida and Gary L. Hutcheson
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TENAKA RASHAWN BROWN vs BARBARA J. GARCIA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
M.M., FATHER OF A.M., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
L.S., MOTHER OF L.S.-M., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
S.W., MOTHER OF A.R. AND A.R., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JULIE SARANITA, D.O. AND SOUTH LAKE PAIN INSTITUTE, INC. vs CHALEAH R. PAGAN, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JOSE A. PAGAN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Buschor v. Buschor
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
SARA A. BUSCHOR N/K/A SARA A. BARNES vs JOSEPH BUSCHOR
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
J.B., FATHER OF A.A.B., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Leslie v. Gary-Leslie
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Billington v. Ginn-La Pine Island
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Luciani v. Nealon
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Transportation v. Cruz
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Montanez v. Publix
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Lake County
Burno v. Burno
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Moore v. Moore
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Ronco v. Suntrust
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
M.H.-R. v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
C.K. v. DCF
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
H.B. v. DCF
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
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